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I completely agree that immigration is the ur-cause of Trudeaus downfall. What’s impressive to me about this is the false consciousness on the left about it. I’m in a group chat with some friends most of whom are leftists. They dislike Trudeau (usually for reneging on electoral reform which would have presumably enshrined permanent leftist rule) and dislike the economy and housing market, but immigration is sacred so confusion reigns.
This has been an ongoing debate in my chat, and indeed the country, for years. It simmers under the surface. Even the conservatives can’t bring themselves to describe the actual problem staring everyone in the face. Instead we get invectives about corporate greed and paying our fair share and only quietly at dinner do the liberal boomers whisper about how they “just don’t know how they feel that everyone at the airport and at the schools are non white”.
The same problem democrats have in the states is here on a grander scale: we ruined the country with immigration and no one can say it because like a colour blind looking for the red number, the left wing majority of our country seem impervious to the reality in front of their faces. It’s truly astounding to see.
That said, I think a preference cascade could easily begin. Someone can break the ice and make xenophobia cool again.
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